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multiplane, n. and a.|ˈmʌltɪpleɪn|
[f. multi- 2, 3 + plane n.3]
A. n. An aeroplane or glider having several ‘planes’ or main supporting surfaces placed one above another. Also attrib. or as adj.
1909A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. ii. 139 Will the aeroplane be a ‘monoplane’ or ‘multiplane’? Ibid. 147 The arrangement employed..is ‘partitioning’..and applies to multiplane aeroplanes. 1928Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XXXII. 145 The method of obtaining the reduction of drag for a multiplane is described. 1939C. H. L. Needham Aircraft Design I. vi. 74 When two or more planes are situated one above the other, so as to form biplane, triplane or multiplane arrangements, the low pressure region over the top of the lower wing is closely adjacent to the high pressure area below the upper wing. 1960C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane 337 Wenham was the first to build..a multiplane aeroplane, a full-size glider with five wings. 1969K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 154/2 In 1904 appeared the first man-carrying multiplane (Phillips I). This had a framework of twenty rigid blade sustainers. 1973Country Life 11 Oct. 1074 In 1903 a multiplane, somewhat similar to the one built in 1893, was constructed and taken to Essex for trials.
B. adj. Involving or occupying several distinct planes or layers (not necessarily horizontal); applied spec. in Cinemat. to a technique employed to give an enhanced impression of perspective.
1909, etc. [see A above]. 1948E. Lindgren Art of Film vii. 127 Objects in different planes will appear to move at different speeds according to their distance from the camera lens..and the relationship between these various movements can..suggest almost a three-dimensional effect; this is the principle behind the multiplane technique now employed in the making of cartoon films. 1955J. Caunter How to do Tricks in Amat. Films 65 To give the effect of maximum perspective to a background scene you will have to divide it into more than one layer of scenery... This is the multiplane principle. 1959Halas & Manvell Technique Film Animation ii. 28 Now the animation studios have their own specialized cameras..capable of photographing multi-plane images with back lighting. 1961G. Millerson Technique Television Production xix. 362 Multiplane captions. Here the caption is comprised of several transparent or cut-out layers, and by revealing or obscuring these layers, we can add or remove detail to order. 1969Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 21/6 A clever white multiplane set is used for the projection of slides and movie-film, either bathing the stage in dazzling colour or else enthroning unexpected VIPs. |